The cable/streaming channels MeTV and MeTV Toons run this cute li'l show called Toon In with Me hosted by Bill Leff and his finny friend, Toony the Tuna. They run classic cartoons and talk about cartoon history and on tomorrow's episode, the subject is the great animation director, Tex Avery. They will be joined in […]
No, despite what Trump and Musk are saying, $50 million of government funds was not sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas. The Associated Press people set the record straight. […]
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart cut his hand when a breakaway (I guess) cup didn't breakaway (I suppose) as it was supposed to. This was not the first time Stewart has drawn blood with his comedy… […]
That's a photo of my pal Mike Schlesinger, who left us in early January and has been much-missed since then. He was a filmmaker and a very important person in the field of preserving motion pictures and their history. A lot of great movies might not exist today — or at least exist in good […]
Elon Musk says — and a lot of Conservatives also say — President Joe Biden's immigration policy was "a giant voter importation scam." The folks at Politifact do a pretty good job of showing why that could not be the case. […]
Dan Olson — who says he's from "definitely not the 51st state" — which I guessed right off meant Canada — wrote to ask… As a reader of your blog & someone who loves going worm holing thru your archives, I know you are/were a fan of game shows. Having watched your friend Lorenzo Music […]
Here's a live feed which, 24/7, shows you part of Times Square in New York. During most daylight hours, you can play a rousing game of "How Many Guys in Elmo Costumes Can I Spot?" The other day, I saw five, all cautiously keeping away from each other… […]
60 Minutes broadcast a profile this evening of John Oliver… And here's the little extra segment they did just for the Internet… […]
Here's a John Mulaney special from some time ago. I linked to one excerpt from this before but it's worth watching again… […]
Kevin Drum, apparently blogging from a hospital bed, presents a not-meant-to-be-complete list of ways in which Elon Musk is benefiting from the work he's doing, allegedly on behalf of the people of the United States. Looks like it's good for him and he doesn't care if it's good for us. Everyone who voted for Trump […]
Rob Morley wrote to ask… I love the Superman cartoons that were produced by the Max Fleischer Studios (and later by Famous Studios) in the 1940s. I see a number of different DVDs and Blu-rays of them for sale and don't know which one to buy. Which one do you recommend? Rob Morley is only […]
So now the man is claiming that his approval rating is at 71% or at least 69% and no one can find such a poll except maybe around Sean Hannity's dinner table. No one can even find a poll where Trump's approval rating is as high as his disapproval rating. The Huffington Post has more […]
The New York Times gives us a look at some of the Saturday Night Live memorabilia that Lorne Michaels sent to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. Interesting bits of history. […]
I've decided to feature some of what I think are great stand-up comedy specials here for the next few I-don't-know-how-many days. This one, which was brought to my attention by my pal Paul Harris, is a recent one by Dana Gould. All or most of the specials I'll feature have some moments that might offend […]
Elon Musk's beloved Department of Government Efficiency claims they've already saved us tons of money by slashing federal spending here, there and everywhere. But a New York Times analysis says that those claims are "marred with accounting errors, incorrect assumptions, outdated data and other mistakes." The "incorrect assumptions" part reminds me of a TV production […]